1998

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ECCC Warriors cage Lions By Murray Coleman The Meridian Star

JuCo Region 23 playoffs. "We're trying to hold on and win the Southern Division and then make it into the state playoffs," he said. But Gulf Coast Community College trails ECCC by just a game in the divisional stand– ings at 13-7 and Copiah– Lincoln Community College isn't far behind with a 10-8 record. So in the non-division matchup with the Northern Division frontrunning Lions on Monday, Clark elected to give as many players as possible a chance to see action. See Warriors, Page 38

to ib potential than any I've coached in mv 11 vear, here." After ~..mg d, owly thi, ;;ea,on, ECCC , been on a tear the pas· three week,, accordin!! to Clark. ~Eve~hing has been commg together.- he -ma "'The middle of our h!leup 1- blttln::!', our pitching 1, ~ 1d and our defen:;e h~ been playin!! ~Ueat.» The re,ult been a ,urge to the top of the MACJC', Southern Divis nandtn::!'::.. Wnh a rero:-d r 12.6 m divi– sion play and .6-l- o erall, Clar -ays · r are now m a dh,- ~ton the

SCOOBA - When he's asked to describe his East Central Community College baseball team, Jamie Clark just smiles. "This is not a team of super– stars," said the Warriors' head coach Monday after watching his squad pound East Mississippi Community College for 16 hits in a .12-2 road victory. "These kids have really worked hard," he added. "I'm proud of them because it's starting to pay off. "This team is playing closer

"The next six games is wh will determine how far this tea goes." ECCC 12, EMCC 2 ECCC 122 002 14 - 12 16 EMCC 010 001 00 - 2 4 WP: Chad Champton (ECCC) 4-4 LP: Man Diamond (EMCC) 2·2. HR: Bo Grace (ECCC). 38 : None ~ None. · Multiple Hits: Scott Kappler (EMCC Bo Grace (ECCC) 4, Greg Wood (ECCC Jason Wtllts (ECCC) 2, Clark Tyson (ECO 3 Joey Smith (ECCC) 2.

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Clark downplayed the final outcome, howe,·er. With his team facmg six 'traight divi– ,.;ional game , he explained, the Warnor,- u,ed _fonda} 's night experience to get ready for a run at the po~t eason. "lt:s hard to assess what this game meant," satd Clark "It's good t.o go home with a win but we have to be realistic.

"Both teams came into thts game already in great postllon to make the playoff:-." he atd "Neither one of u" were gomg to throw our top guns tonight "So I think both of u, \'Were treating it more hke o pract ee game than anythmg 1

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